Last Saturday I visited El Biotopo de Quetzal (the protected area of Quetzal),
where I found many bromeliads.
Most of them were on the ground along the trail, and some of them were on trees.
They had phytotelmata, though I didn’t have enough time to observe them very well.
I could find a mosquito larva in the water and a spider hiding inside the leaves.
El Biotopo is located 20km north of Salamá, where there are humid and cloud forests
(1800-1900m in elevation).
It’s the only place to see Quetzal in Guatemala,
though it’s very hard to meet this amazing bird in the forest.
But very fortunately, I could observe it this time!
I was really lucky to see it in the first visit.
Wow, a quetzal?! That is amazing! So lucky Jiichiro!